Blogs | Centre for Justice Innovation

How can we promote the use of community sentences as an alternative to harmful short term custody?

We asked a panel of leading experts in the field what they think needs to happen to promote the use of community sentences.
Five things we’ve learned about the relationship between probation and courts

Stephen Whitehead, who leads our work on community sentences, discusses what we have learnt looking at the probation work done in the court.
Community sentences case study: embedded CRC presence at Teeside Magistrates Court

Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) has worked with local National Probation Service (NPS) staff to support the use of community sentences by embedding a Probation Service Officer (PSO) in the NPS Court team.
The Centre for Justice Innovation to support the work of family drug and alcohol courts

Phil Bowen, the Centre's Director writes about securing funding to support the work of Family Drug and Alcohol Courts.
Toward fewer short prison sentences

Phil Bowen looks at how a presumption against prison sentences might work in practise.
Expert voice: Katy Barrow-Grint

Katy Barrow-Grint of Thames Valley Police talks about Thames Valley Police Journal and evidenced based policing.
Expert voice: Hannah Quirk

Hannah Quirk, a reader in criminal law at King’s College London, in a Q and A exploring disclosure and the issues which can arise.
Violence in our society - the Introduction to Curing Violence

An introduction to the Centre for Justice Innovation's Monument Fellowship book, Curing violence: How we can become a less violent society.
Checking violence in Durham

Chief Constable Michael Barton discusses violence in Durham from the Centre for Justice Innovation's Monument Fellowship book, Curing violence: How we can become a less violent society.
Data on violence: from diagnosis to cure: Interview with Professor Jonathan Shepherd

An interview with Professor Jonathan Shepherd about data, violence and its impact on the criminal justice sector from Centre for Justice Innovation's Monument Fellowship book, Curing violence: How we can become a less violent society.